Splash tray



May e, 1924. 1,492,733

' W. MCCOY SPLASH TRAY Filed April 14, 1922 EY WITNESS: ATT-ORN CII Patented May 6, 1924.

LEHRE PATsNr Friese WILLIAM MCGOY, OF DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SPLASH TRAY.

Application led April 14, 1922. Serial No. 552,622,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, lVrLLrAM MGLCOY, a citizen of the United States, residing at t Danville, in the county of Boyle and State of KentuckyA` have invented new and useful Improvements in Splash Trays, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means for preventing too much oil being thrown upon the parts of t-he first piston of a motor of a motor vehicle when the vehicle is traveling down an incline which causes the oil to collect in the frontpart of the crank case.

The invention is carried out by a tray which is located in the crank case at the front end thereof and which is supplied with oil by the splash of the second connecting rod.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 2- Figure l is a plan view of a crank case showing the invention therein.

The remaining figures are detail views.

As shown in these views T provide a small tray l which is inserted in the front part of the crank case 2, the bottom of the tray being made to conform to the bottom of the crank case and said tray is so located that the first connecting rod will pass through the same during the rotation of the crank shaft. This tray is deep enough to prevent the oil in the crank case from overflowing into the same when the vehicle is traveling down an incline. This tray is supplied with oil by the splash of the second connecting rod through the V-shaped trough 3 which is connected with one of the corners of the tray and extends' in front of the second connecting rod so that some of the oil thrown off by said connecting rod will be caught by this trough and directed into the tray. The oil in the tray is thrown out by the first connecting rod so as to lubricate the parts of the first cylinder.

The bottom of the tray is provided with projections l which are notched, as at 5. These projections are adapted to be placed between the reinforcement 6 for the bottom of the crank case and said crank case. Some of the bolts which support the bottom plate of the crank case pass through the notches. The notches will insure the proper placing of the tray in the crank case.

This invention is mainly designed for the use of the Ford type of motor but it will of course be understood that it can be used with other motors and while the drawing shows it as located beneath the first connecting rod it may be placed beneath other connecting rods. Instead of the V-shaped trough I may provide a pipe, or trough or a small hole for leading the oil in the tray.

This device will prevent the iiooding of the front end of the motor which is apt to occur when the vehicle is descending an ineline which causes the oil in the crank case to flow to the front thereof.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

` I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

`What I claim is:-

l. A device of the class described comprising a tray adapted to be placed in the front end of a crank case and means for directing some of the oil thrown up by a connecting rod into said tray.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tray adapted to be placed in the front end of a crank case, means for directing some of the oil thrown up by a connecting rod into said tray, such means consisting of a trough connected with the top of the tray and extending in front of the connecting rod.

3. In combination with the crank case of a motor vehicle, a tray seated in the front end of said case and having its upper edges located above the oil level of the crank case and a trough connected with the top of the tray and extending in front of one of the connecting rods to catch the oil thrown by said connecting rod and direct it into the tray.

4. In combination with an engine having,r

' a semi-circulating lubricating system and splash troughs into which the connecting rods are extended during rotation of the crank shaft, an auxiliary trough disposed within one of the first named troughs and having,l its sido Walls extended above the l0 partition Walls separating the troughs of the engine, and means for admitting oil to said auxiliary trough.

In testimony Wb ereof I a'fix my signature.

WILLIAM MCC() Y. 

